The Air Force should create a new Strategic Command out of the existing Space Command, consolidate all bombers under a single organization, make 8th Air Force responsible exclusively for bombers and no other missions, and otherwise radically overhaul its nuclear enterprise after more than 17 years of "atrophy." These were among 33 recommendations offered by the Schlesinger Commission, impaneled by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates in June after Air Force missteps with the handling of nuclear weapons and associated parts caused the service's two top leaders to resign.
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机译：空军应该在现有太空司令部的基础上创建新的战略司令部，将所有轰炸机合并到一个组织中，让第8空军专门负责轰炸机，而不执行其他任务，否则，在经过17年的努力之后，彻底改革其核企业“萎缩。”这些是Schlesinger委员会提出的33项建议之一，6月由国防部长罗伯特·盖茨（Robert M. Gates）取消，原因是空军对核武器及相关部件的处理失误导致该部门的两名最高领导人辞职。
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